Wednesday 26th March 2025
Location: Watergate Theatre, Parliament Street, Kilkenny. R95 D320
Acclaimed author Ingrid (Julianne Moore) learns her old friend Martha (Tilda Swinton) – a successful war correspondent – has cancer. Ingrid visits Martha in hospital and the pair reestablish their dormant friendship. As they reflect on the past and learn more about each other, a dying Martha asks her friend for one final favour – to be in the room next to her when she takes her own life. It’s a request that tests their friendship and Martha’s emotional resolve.

Almodóvar has lost none of his trademark directorial flair in his first English language feature. With a tremendous pair of lead performances from Moore and Swinton, The Room Next Door is a compassionate, frank and darkly humorous study of end-of-life.
Awards:
Winner – Golden Lion, Best Film, Venice International Film Festival 2024
It’s a lovely, mordant, tender affair; a lush September song in duet, performed with aplomb by Swinton and Moore.
Xan Brooks, The Guardian
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